Subj : Re: Can I *NOT* install Outlook Express?
To   : STEVEN HORN
From : DAVID R. NORTON
Date : Tue Nov 13 2001 11:58 pm

STEVEN HORN wrote in news:1005718541.86.0@fastq.com:

> DAVID R. NORTON (1:114/59) wrote to ROSS CASSELL at 19:43 on 13 Nov
> 2001: 

>  DRN> But it wouldn't make any sense to install a program you'll never
>  DRN> use, would  it?
> 
> But Microsoft makes it clear that if you install Internet Explorer 6.0,
> you will install Outlook Express 6.0 with it.  One has no choice. 

Windows 2000 installs a bunch of programs that must be manually removed if 
you don't want to use them.  OE is one of them. 

>  DRN> Nor does it make sense to me to leave installed a program I won't
>  DRN> use  again.  Even if it requires one (1) byte, if I don't use it,
>  DRN> I want it  gone.
> 
> Understood but how did you do it.  The Knowledge Base indicated me how
> to do it for Win 98 and Win ME but not for Windows 2000.

Article ID Q263837.  I did a search on "How to manually uninstall Outlook 
Express in Windows 2000" and there it was.. 

BTW, to overcome the problems of file protection it's easier to rename the 
files and folders mentioned in Safe Mode.

Once all files have been renamed and the computer is running ok, you can 
boot again into safe mode and delete them.

Notice the articles on how to back up various files, these are the personal 
files OE created and you'll want to delete them as well.
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